Stories from Saturday, June 19, 2010

Eddy Weiss made the same presentation four times Friday, changing it a bit for each audience to make it age appropriate. But as his audiences got older as the day wore on at the Spencer Public Library, Weiss found that the basic premise of his message resonated best were broken down to the most elementary terms...

A total of 368 cattle and 230 exhibitors from 22 states plus a slew of supporters will converge on the Clay County Fairgrounds this weekend for the National Junior Maine-Anjou Show. The show will kick off with opening ceremonies at 6 p.m. Sunday and will conclude with the Maine-Anjou heifer show on Friday...

In their 27 years of existence, the Spencer Cardinals have never hosted their own tournament. Tradition starts today. The Jackson Bulls, Fairmont Martins and Sioux City Saints invade Spencer today and Sunday for the inaugural Border Bash, a 4-team tournament hosted by Spencer at Cardinal Field...

The Curiel-Reynolds School of Visual Arts announced that it will host a "Vintage to Vogue Fashion Show and Benefit" on Sept. 25. The event will transform the auditorium space into a philanthropic stage of fashionable proportions to benefit the organization's efforts to expand on their current educational offerings in the community...

The 2010 edition of the Clay County Fair will run Sept. 11-19 and offer a variety of Grandstand entertainment for fairgoers of all ages. Monday, June 21, marks the first day when mail-in order forms and online ticket orders will be accepted. Online ticket orders will be processed through the fair's website at www.claycountyfair.com. ...

Memorial services for Mrs. June Goettsche, 87 of Spencer, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, June 21, at First English Lutheran Church in Spencer. Rev. Paul Kaldahl will officiate the service. Visitation will be before the service at the church. Interment will take place in North Lawn Memorial Park in Spencer. A private family burial will take place before the services...

Thomas Paul Selzer, 55, of Honolulu, died April 18, 2010, in a scuba diving accident in Honolulu. Tom was born July 28, 1954, in Spencer to George and Donna Selzer. After high school, he joined the Marines and was stationed in Hawaii, serving in the drum and bugle corps. He loved the state and remained there working in the painting business. He was employed by Sound Building Systems Hawaii at the time of his death...

A suspect wanted in a domestic assault turned himself into the Clay County Sheriff's Office on Tuesday. Donnell Guider, 19, of Spencer, was wanted on several charges related to a domestic assault that occurred on May 29 in the 400 block of 10th Avenue East in Spencer...

Traditionally, journalists are supposed to stay out of the story. Tell it objectively and fairly without getting directly involved. That's going to be kind of hard to do next week. It's been one of those weeks where I've been given an opportunity to become part of the story...